What is Vontobel’s mission?
Vontobel is a globally active investment firm with Swiss roots, specializing in wealth management, active asset management, and investment solutions. For over 100 years, the company has stood by clients through evolving markets, dedicated to enhancing the lives of those it serves. Vontobel harnesses technology to deliver high-quality, individual client experiences and deploy investment expertise across multiple platforms and ecosystems. The firm’s purpose is clear: help people put their financial capital to work and empower investors to build better futures.
What is Vontobel’s vision?
Vontobel’s long-term ambition is to become one of the leading and most respected investment firms in all its target markets by 2030. The company pursues a capital-light business strategy with a conservative risk profile, focusing on established markets with sophisticated clients. Vontobel is committed to offering future-proof investment solutions — with particular emphasis on ESG, Impact, and Thematic equity products — while accelerating growth in the US and scaling value creation.
Working at Vontobel
Values
Ownership: Each individual can and should think and act as if they own a share in Vontobel’s success.
Excellence: Unwavering standards and a relentless drive to exceed client goals and expectations.
Confidence in the future: Acting with foresight to seize opportunities, even against consensus, for the benefit of clients.
Mastery: Mastering what they do — and only doing what they master.
Transparency: Protecting the integrity of their work and maintaining trust through open, responsible entrepreneurship
Work Culture
Vontobel fosters an inclusive work environment where diversity, equality, and inclusion thrive in support of the company’s strategy and goals. The workforce is internationally diverse, with employees from Switzerland (66%), Germany (11%), Italy (5%), the UK (4%), the US (4%), and many other nationalities. As a signatory of the Advance Diversity Charter, Vontobel has made a public commitment to gender equality in recruitment, retention, training, development, and career progression. The company aims to reach 25% women in people leadership roles and 30% women in senior management by 2030. Employees describe the culture as offering interesting work, clever colleagues, good support, and work freedom without micromanagement.
Selected Benefits
These are just three out of the many benefits Vontobel has to offer.
Training & Education
Flexible Work Models
Health Services